Tolkien has written a lot of poems and songs in his books and I've written a few for Fanfiction.net (I am the Ultimate Warrior on there), which ones do you like more?
I personally like Road go ever on, and the Barrow-wights poem but I am just seeing what ones you like,if any.
Over the land there lies a long shadow,
westward reaching wings of darkness.
The Tower trembles; to the tombs of the kings
doom appoaches. The Dead awaken;
for the hour is come for the oathbreakers;
at the Stone of Erech they shall stand again
and hear there a horn in the hills ringing.
Whose shall the horn be? Who shall call them
from the prey twilight, the forgotten people?
The heir of him to whom the oath they swore.
From the North shall he come, need shall drive him:
he shall pass the Door to the Paths of the Dead.
May the wind always be at your back and the sun always upon your face, and the winds of destiny carry you aloft to dance with the stars.
I can't belive someone hasnt mentioned this one yet....
All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be the blade that was broken:
The crownless again shall be kind.
I loved it the first time I read it
May the wind always be at your back and the sun always upon your face, and the winds of destiny carry you aloft to dance with the stars.
Ho Ho Ho! To the bottle I go!
To heal me heart and drown my woe
Rain may fall
Wind may blow
And many miles be still to go
And under a tall tree I will lie,
To let the clouds go sailing by!
That was from memory, so dont blame me if its slightly wrong!
~Due to lack of funding, the light at the end of the tunnel has been switched off~
I have yet to memorise Pippin's bath song! But im geting there!
Sing hey for the bath at close of day!
That washes the weary mud away!
A loon is he that will not sing.
O! Water hot is a noble thing!
O! Sweet is the sound of falling rain,
and the brook that leaps from hill to plain
but better than rain or rippling streams
is Water Hot that smokes and steams.
O! Water cold we may pour at need (<--------up til now it was from memory...the rest i am taking from the book!)
down a thirsty throat and be glad indeed
but better is beer if drink we lack
and Water Hot poured down the back.
O! Water is fair that leaps on high
in a fountain white beneath the sky;
but never did fountain sound so sweet
as splashing hot water with my feet!
love that song, and it is followed with possibly my fave lines from the book!
~Due to lack of funding, the light at the end of the tunnel has been switched off~
03-16-2004 01:38 PM
No surprise that you know that one from memory, my little hobbit friend! It is a good poem...err song though, whichever it is!
